Main entry:

McClellan, Andrew.

Title & Author:

The art museum from Boullée to Bilbao / Andrew McClellan.

Publication:

Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©2008.

Description:

x, 351 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
"Ahmanson Murphy fine arts imprint"--Preliminary page.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-327) and index.
Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Ideals and mission -- Architecture -- Collecting, classification, and display -- The public -- Commercialism -- Restitution and repatriation -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- List of illustrations -- Index.

Summary:

Art museums, cases of beauty and calm in a fast-paced world, have emerged in recent decades as the most vibrant and popular of all cultural institutions. But as they have become more popular, their direction and values have been contested as never before. This engaging thematic history of the art museum from its inception in the eighteenth century to the present offers an essential framework for understanding contemporary debates as they have evolved in Europe and the United States.

Resources:
Table of contents
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Inhaltsverzeichnis
Table of contents only

ISBN:

9780520247673 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0520247671 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780520251267 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0520251261 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Bornholms Kunstmuseum Gudhjem
Art museums.
Art museums Philosophy.
Art Museums.
Art Museums Philosophy.
Art Musées.
Art Musées Philosophie.
20.12 art museums.
Kunstmusea.
Theorie en praktijk.
Kunstmuseum.
Europa (geografie)
Verenigde Staten.

Form/genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.
History (form)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 254427
Call No.: BIB 184419
Status: Available